| SIERRA COUNTY (cont'd) | ||||||||||
| INDUSTRY | 1987 | 1990* | ||||||||
| Lumber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) | 34,619 | Number of mfg. establishments | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| Percent of California | 1.5 | |||||||||
| * Not comparable with 1987 due to source difference. | ||||||||||
| AGRICULTURE | ||||||||||
| Number of farms, 1992 | 53 | Leading commodities with | ||||||||
| Acreage in farms, 1992 | 55,446 | value of production, 1994 | $ mill. | |||||||
| % of land area | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Cattle and calves | 3.6 | |||||||||
| Agricultural employment, 1994 | 10 | Pasture | 0.7 | |||||||
| Christmas trees | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.) | 5.4 | Hay, other | 0.4 | |||||||
| Percent of California | * | Hay, alfalfa | 0.2 | |||||||
| County Rank | 55 | |||||||||
| Livestock and livestock products | 3.6 | |||||||||
| Poultry and poultry products | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Field crops | 1.3 | |||||||||
| Vegetables | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Fruits and nuts | ** | |||||||||
| Nursery products | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Seed crops | 0.0 | * Less than 5/100th of a percent. | ||||||||
| Apiary products | 0.0 | ** Less than $50,000. | ||||||||
| TRANSPORTATION | ||||||||||
| Vehicle registrations, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Total | 4,179 | Miles of streets, roads and | ||||||||
| Automobiles | 2,019 | highways, 1994 | 781.5 | |||||||
| Per capita (7-1-94 pop.) | 0.59 | |||||||||
| Trucks | 1,351 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles | 100 | |||||||||
| Trailers | 709 | |||||||||
| PUBLIC FINANCE | ||||||||||
| Per | Per | |||||||||
| 1993-94 | $ mill. | capita* | $1,000 income** | 1993-94 | $ mill. | |||||
| County government tax collections, total | 2.6 | 757.65 | 43.74 | Expenditures: | ||||||
| Property tax | 2.1 | 614.41 | 35.47 | Federal | 20.1 | |||||
| Sales tax | 0.1 | 25.59 | 1.48 | Defense | 0.3 | |||||
| County | 9.0 | |||||||||
| Total receipts, local government | 19.5 | City | 0.5 | |||||||
| School districts | 6.9 | |||||||||
| * 7-1-93 population | Special districts | 3.5 | ||||||||
| ** 1993 personal income | Redevelopment agencies | -- | ||||||||
| California Department of Finance | ||||||||||
| Economic Research | ||||||||||
| (916) 322-2263 | February, 1996 |
Last Update: 8/30/96
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